Paying your Council Tax

You can pay your Council Tax by Direct Debit - set up a Council Tax Direct Debit. Payments for Council Tax and business rates can be debited from your nominated bank account on the 1, 8, 15 and 25 of the month.

Instalments must be made by the dates written on your bill or we will take action. Even if you have a question about your bill, you must pay your instalments until the issue is resolved and a new bill is sent to you.

If you think your bill is wrong

If the amount of Council Tax you have to pay changes during the year, perhaps because you start receiving a discount or benefits, you will get a new bill. This will tell you what the new amount for the year is and what instalments you now have to pay.

Difficulty paying the bill

Do not ignore the bill or any reminders about payment that we send you. If you do not pay the instalments when they are due and don't discuss the situation with us, we may take recovery action that could increase the amount you have to pay by a large amount.

Unpaid bills

If you miss a Council Tax payment we will send you a reminder notice giving you 7 days to bring your Council Tax payments up-to-date. If you do not do this within the time, or if after a second reminder you fall behind with your payments again, you will have to pay the the full amount left for the rest of the year in one go. If the balance is not paid, we will take action. Read about how we recover unpaid Council Tax.